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Veterans Day schedules

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

This schedule will be in effect Wednesday.

Miriam H. Coffin dies at 92

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Former federal worker was active in church

Miriam H. Coffin, a homemaker and former federal worker, died Friday of a stroke at the Fairhaven retirement community in Sykesville. She was 92.

George Frederick Alban dies at 71

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Retired security guard first worked as Westminster police officer

George Frederick "Fred" Alban, a retired security guard who earlier had been a police officer, died Monday of cancer at his Westminster home. He was 71.

State launches effort to improve hand-washing in hospitals

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Initiative is part of drive to raise quality of health care in Md.

A state panel charged with health care unveiled its first major initiative Tuesday: an effort to improve hand-washing at Maryland hospitals.

Judge revokes Meighan's bail in July hit-run case

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Defendant called a danger to himself, community

A judge revoked Thomas Meighan Jr.'s $100,000 bail - associated with July hit-and-run charges - on Monday, saying the 39-year-old, who has at least nine drunken driving convictions and is linked to a college student's death, is a "serious danger" to himself and the community.

Driving down the road to ruin

Sun, 1 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Before Thomas Meighan Jr.'s name was ever connected in the fatal hit-and-run of a Johns Hopkins student, his actions and correspondence to the courts showed a pattern of self-destruction and deceit

Before Thomas Meighan Jr.'s name was ever connected in the fatal hit-and-run of a Johns Hopkins student, his actions and correspondence to the courts showed a pattern of self-destruction and deceit

Fired due to error in background check, Carroll woman still jobless

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Bartlett helping in 3-month quest for vindication

Eschol Amelia Studnitz lost her $58,000 accounting job July 31 because a government background check deemed her "unsuitable" for a low-level security clearance. She was stunned. She had no criminal record.

State hospital patient attacks 3 workers with butter knife, police say

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:41:00 -0400

A state hospital patient who police say used a butter knife to attack three staff members Tuesday night in Sykesville faces attempted murder, weapon and assault charges.

Marjorie L. Nagle

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Owner of Carroll County general store kept customers coming with homemade ice cream for decades

Marjorie L. "Margie" Nagle, whose family's renowned handmade ice cream kept devotees coming to their Carroll County general store for more than 80 years, died Sunday of congestive heart failure at her Snydersburg home.

Cyclist dies after head-on collision with a car in Carroll

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400

A Carroll County man died Monday after the motorcycle he was riding struck a car head-on in Westminster. Edward Nicholas Dill, 28, was pronounced dead at Maryland Shock Trauma Center about four hours after the collision that threw him more than 20 yards from the motorcycle, police said. According to a Sheriff's Department statement, Cpl. Mario DeVivio was heading north on Route 97 in an unmarked police car when Dill pulled in front of him on a 2004 Yamaha motorcycle. When DeVivio signaled Dill to pull over, the motorcyclist fled, disappearing from the deputy's sight, the report said. Dill traveled about a quarter-mile before crossing the center line in a curve and striking an oncoming Ford Fusion, according to accident reports. Dill was flown to Shock Trauma by state police medevac and died early Monday afternoon. The driver of the Fusion was transported to Carroll Hospital Center as a precaution and later released. An investigation showed that the motorcycle had been reported stolen by the Penn Township, Pa., Police Department on Sept. 17. Traffic-collision reconstructionists from the Carroll County Sheriff's Department and the Maryland State Police investigating, police said. Anyone who may have witnessed the collision is asked to contact Sgt. Mike Zepp at 410-386-2900 or mzepp@ccg.carr.org .